Resources
What you will find on this page:
Basic Texts
Key international instruments
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
Convention on the Rights of the Child
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
UN Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights – General Comments
General Comment 1: Reporting by States parties, 1989 See also Reporting Guidelines, March 2009
General Comment 2: International technical assistance measures (art. 22), 1990
General Comment 3: The nature of States parties' obligations (art. 2 (1)), 1990
General Comment 4: The right to adequate housing, 1991
General Comment 5: Persons with disabilities, 1994
General Comment 6: The economic, social and cultural rights of older persons, 1995
General Comment 7: The right to adequate housing: forced evictions (art.11 (1)), 1997
General Comment 8: The relationship between economic sanctions and respect for economic, social and cultural rights, 1997
General Comment 9: The domestic application of the Covenant, 1998
General Comment 10: The role of national human rights institutions in the protection of economic, social and cultural rights, 1998
General Comment 11: Plans of action for primary education (art. 14), 1999
General Comment 12: The right to adequate food (art. 11), 1999
General Comment 13: The right to education (art. 13), 1999
General Comment 14: The right to the highest attainable standard of health (art. 12), 2000
General Comment 15: The right to water (arts. 11 and 12), 2002
General Comment 16: The equal right of men and women to the enjoyment of all economic, social and cultural rights (art.3), 2005
General Comment 17: The right of everyone to benefit from the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author (art. 15 (1) (c)), 2005
General Comment 18: The Right to work (art. 6), 2005
General Comment 19: The right to social security, 2008
General Comment 20: Non-Discrimination in Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (art. 2, para. 2), 2009
Regional Instruments
Americas
American Convention on Human Rights
Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Protocol of San Salvador)
Africa
African (Banjul) Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights
African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights on the Rights of Women in Africa
Europe
European Convention for the Protection on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, Protocol 1
European Social Charter and Revised European Social Charter
Other Jurisdictions
South Africa
South African Bill of Rights
Constitutional Court of South Africa: Landmark socio-economic rights judgements of the court include -
South African Human Rights Commission
Useful Websites
Articles/Manuals
Byrnes, Andrew, The protection of human rights in NSW through the Parliamentary process – a review of the recent performance of the NSW Parliament’s Legislation Review Committee, [2009] University of New South Wales Faculty of Law Research Series 43. Paper presented at the 2009 Protecting Human Rights Conference (Sydney, Australia). [pdf]
COHRE, Litigating Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - Achievements, Challenges and Strategies, 2003
Circle of Rights: This online manual provides an introduction to ESC Rights and is a useful training resource.
Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Guide for Minorities and Indigenous Peoples: From the organization, Minority Rights Group International, this guide is deals with minority rights issues.[pdf]
International Commission of Jurists, Courts and the Legal Enforcement of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Comparative Experiences of Justiciability, 2008.
Liebenberg, S: Beyond Civil and Political Rights - Protecting Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: The South African Experience [pdf]
OHCHR: Frequently asked questions and answers on ESCR, Fact Sheet No. 33. [pdf]
Promoting and Defending Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: A Handbook (2000): This online manual written by Allan McChesney for AAAS and HURIDOCS provides a useful introduction to ESC rights.
Thesaurus of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: This online resource provides an interactive guide to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
Young, Katherine G, ‘The Minimum Core of Economic and Social Rights’, Yale Journal of International Law (2008), pp.113-175 [pdf]
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